Senior Tax Associate

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Job Description:\n\nBenefits:\n\n 401(k)\n Employee discounts\n Health insurance\n Paid time off\n 401(k) matching\n Bonus based on performance\n Competitive salary\n Opportunity for advancement\n Training & development\n Vision insurance\n\nSenior Tax Associate\n\n \n\nPay: $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year\n\nJob description:\n\nSenior Tax Associate\n\nPublic Accounting · Chawla & Chawla, P.C. · Gaithersburg, MD · Full-Time, In-Office\n\n$100,000 – $125,000 base + performance bonus up to 20%\n\n Who We Are\n\nChawla & Chawla, P.C. is a Top 400 CPA firm with more than 35 years in practice and 80+ professionals across the U.S. and India. We serve clients through government contracting, healthcare, real estate, private equity, non-profits, and professional services. We are a family-built firm that has grown into something much larger, and we have never lost the culture that got us here.\n\nWe are currently investing in AI-assisted workflows, process automation, and better technology across the firm. This is not performative. We are genuinely changing how we work, and we want people on the team who are excited about that!\n\n Why This Role Exists\n\nWe are developing our tax team and developing the next generation of managers at C&C. This role is for someone who is technically strong and wants more responsibility, not just more returns. If you see this as a step towards Tax Manager and not a final stop, you are exactly who we are looking for.\n\nIf you want low expectations and slow change, this will not be the right fit.\n\n What You Will Do\n\n Prepare and review federal and state tax returns across multiple entity types, including individuals, partnerships, S-corps, trusts, and multi-state filings.\n Review work prepared by junior associates and give them real, useful feedback.\n Manage IRS and state notices, audits, and client inquiries.\n Research tax issues and analyze the impact of new and proposed legislation.\n Participate in compilation and review engagements.\n Contribute to process improvement and AI-assisted workflow initiatives.\n Build deep knowledge of your clients’ businesses and industries.\n Collaborate directly with managers and partners to develop your technical and professional judgment.\n\n What We Are Looking For\n\n Required:\n\n 3 to 5 years of public accounting experience with a tax focus.\n Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field.\n Direct experience with both individual and business returns.\n Strong foundation in U.S. tax compliance and GAAP.\n Experience reviewing returns or mentoring junior staff.\n\n Strongly preferred:\n\n CPA license or active CPA pursuit.\n Lacerte and QuickBooks experience.\n Experience with AI-assisted tax tools, workflow automation, or applied technology in a professional setting. This carries real weight here, so be specific if you have it.\n Self-sufficient and identifies what needs improvement without being told.\n Government contracting or Deltek experience is a bonus.\nUS work authorization is required. H-1B sponsorship is considered for the right long-term fit.\n\n What We Offer\n\n Base salary of $100,000 to $125,000 depending on experience.\n Annual performance bonus up to 20% of base.\n Annual merit increases effective every January 1st.\n 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees, with an HSA option available.\n 100% company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.\n 401(k) with employer match and profit sharing.\n CPA exam fee reimbursement.\n 15 days PTO, increasing to 20 days after three years, plus eight paid firm holidays.\n Professional development and continuing education support.\n Relocation assistance.\n A clear, documented path to Tax Manager for people who earn it.\n\n Tax Season\n\nWe have two peak periods each year: February 1 through April 15 and August 1 through October 15. Extended hours are expected during those windows. We are upfront about that because we respect your time and want you to know what you are signing up for.\n\nWhat you get in return is real: the bonus structure is tied directly to the work you put in, we provide meals during extended hours at the office, and we throw a genuine celebration when each season closes.\n\n Schedule and Location\n\nThis is a full-time, in-office role in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Monday through Friday. During slower periods outside of tax season, employees may work from home one day per week with manager approval. Flexibility here is based on performance and business need. There is no set remote schedule. Candidates must be able to commute to or relocate to the Gaithersburg area before their start date.\n\n How to Stand Out\n\nThe candidates who tend to do best in this process have worked across multiple return types and can explain why a tax position was taken, not just how. They are curious about tools, have opinions about how their current firm does things, and are not waiting to be asked before they speak up. If you have used AI in your workflow in a real, specific way, say so in your application.\n\nWe also pay a $2,000 employee referral bonus when someone you recommend gets hired and completes 90 days. If this role is not the right fit for you but you know someone it is right for, keep that in mind.\n\nChawla & Chawla P.C. is an equal opportunity employer.\n\n Job Type: Full-time\n\n Benefits:\n\n 401(k)\n 401(k) matching\n Bereavement leave\n Continuing education credits\n Dental insurance\n Disability insurance\n Flexible schedule\n Flexible spending account\n Health insurance\n Life insurance\n Opportunities for advancement\n Paid time off\n Professional development assistance\n Profit sharing\n Relocation assistance\n Retirement plan\n Vision insurance\n\n Ability to Commute:\n\n Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (Required)\n\n Ability to Relocate:\n\n Gaithersburg, MD 20877: Relocate before starting work (Required)\n\n Work Location: In person\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSenior Tax Manager\n\n \n\nPay: $180,000.00 - $225,000.00 per year\n\nJob description:\n\nSenior Tax Manager (8+ Yrs Exp, Public Accounting) | Top 400 CPA Firm\n\nChawla & Chawla PC | Gaithersburg, MD | Full-Time | In-Office\n\n$180,000 - $225,000 base plus an annual performance bonus up to 20%.\n\n About Us\n\nChawla & Chawla PC is a Top 400 CPA firm and a 35+ year, family run public accounting firm based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, with a growing international support presence in India. With 80+ professionals, we serve clients across government contracting, medical services, real estate, nonprofits, and professional services.\n\nWe are in a phase of intentional growth and modernization, investing in better systems, automation, and AI-assisted workflows while preserving the mentorship, collaboration, and accountability that define a strong family firm.\n\nAt C&C, Senior Managers anchor the practice. You will own client relationships, run the review process, develop our Managers and Seniors, and help shape how a modern tax practice operates.\n\n Why This Role Exists\n\nWe are scaling our tax practice, and the constraint is reviewing capacity.\n\n This role is ideal for someone who:\n\n Has the technical depth to be the final technical reviewer on complex returns.\n Wants to own client relationships: the planning, conversations, the scope discussions, and the calls nobody enjoys making.\n Leads and develops Managers and staff without waiting to be asked.\n Cares about engagement, scope, and efficiency.\n Is energized by rebuilding workflows with automation and AI.\n Sees this as a step toward Tax Director and, over time, Tax Partner.\nWe are five days in office. You sit down the hall from the partners who sign the returns, your seniors learn by watching you work rather than by reading your review notes, and decisions get made in the room instead of in a thread. If you want a remote seat where expectations are low and change is slow, this will not be the right fit.\n\nWe are also rebuilding how tax work moves through this firm: AI-assisted review, automation of the compliance steps that should not require a person, and better technology across the practice. This is not performative. The Senior Manager in this seat gets a vote on what changes and gets measured on whether it worked.\n\n What You Will Do\n\n Own a portfolio of clients as the primary day-to-day relationship manager.\n Serve as technical reviewer and final sign-off on federal and state individual and business returns across multiple entity types: 1040, 1120, 1120-S, 1065, 1041, and 990 for our nonprofit clients.\n Supervise, review, and develop a team of Managers, Seniors, and staff, including written feedback, workpaper standards, and telling someone directly when the work is not there yet.\n Lead IRS and state controversy matters, including notices, audits, and complex client inquiries from first letter to resolution.\n Identify tax planning opportunities and deliver proactive advisory work: entity structuring, compensation planning, multi-state nexus, and international considerations where relevant.\n Research and form defensible positions on complex tax issues, including the impact of new and proposed legislation, and write memos that support the position when it needs support.\n Partner with Directors and Partners on compilation and review engagements and cross-service-line work.\n Drive process improvements, automation, and AI-assisted initiatives within your engagements and across the practice.\n Support business development by deepening existing client relationships, scoping new work, and participating in proposals.\n Stay current on tax law, accounting standards, and best practices, and translate that into practical guidance for clients and staff.\n\n What We Are Looking For\n\nThis is a Senior Manager role. We need someone who has already led Managers and staff, not someone ready to learn how to lead.\n\n Required:\n\n 8+ years of tax experience earned in public accounting.\n Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field.\n At least three years in a review or supervisory capacity, meaning you have signed off on work you did not prepare.\n Hands-on experience across individual and business tax, including pass-throughs and multi-state. Name which entity types you have reviewed rather than prepared when you apply.\n Strong foundation in U.S. tax compliance and GAAP, with the ability to form and defend a technical position under pressure.\n Proven ability to develop staff: giving feedback, delegating effectively, and raising the bar around you.\n Ability to manage multiple engagements and deadlines simultaneously.\n Clear, direct communication with clients, staff, and partners.\n US work authorization is required. H-1B sponsorship is considered for the right long-term fit.\n\n Strongly Preferred:\n\n CPA license, or active pursuit of the CPA with exams underway.\n Experience in one or more of our focus industries: government contracting, medical and professional services, real estate, or nonprofits.\n Experience with international tax matters inbound and outbound, Forms 5471, 5472, 8865, 8938, and FBAR.\n Estate and gift work, Forms 706 and 709, and fiduciary planning for family groups.\n Multi-state compliance for clients operating across several jurisdictions, including nexus and apportionment analysis.\n Demonstrated interest in automation, AI, and accounting technology, with a track record of acting on it. Tell us what you built or adopted, what it saved, and where it fell short. This carries real weight with us.\n Desire to grow into Tax Director and, over time, Tax Partner.\nIf you are uncomfortable owning outcomes, giving hard feedback, or rethinking how work gets done, this role will not be a fit.\n\n Hours and Busy Season\n\nOutside of peak, this is a 40-hour job. During tax season, expect 50 to 60 hours per week, including weekend work in the stretch before the April and October deadlines. Meals are provided during extended hours, and we close each season properly rather than pretending it did not happen.\n\nTwo peak windows: February 1 through April 15 and August 1 through October 15.\n\n What We Offer\n\n Competitive base salary: $180,000 – $225,000, based on experience.\n Annual performance bonus up to 20% of base.\n 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees, with an HSA option.\n 100% company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.\n 401(k) with employer match and profit sharing.\n 15 days PTO, increasing to 20 days after three years, plus eight paid firm holidays.\n Meals provided during tax season, and a real celebration when each season closes.\n Professional development and continuing education support.\n CPA exam fee reimbursement.\n Relocation assistance.\n $2,000 employee referral bonus.\nWe value curiosity, accountability, and effort. Managers at C&C are trusted to run their engagements, speak up with ideas, and build the practice around them. We are serious about quality and are flexible in how we get there. The best ideas do not come from titles. They come from people who care.\n\n Location and Work Style\n\nThis is a full-time, in-office role in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Monday through Friday. We are an in-office firm, and we would rather say that plainly than surprise you after you start. There is no standing work-from-home schedule and this is not a hybrid role.\n\nThat said, we are not rigid about it. Things come up in people’s lives, and when they do we work it out case by case with your manager instead of making you burn a PTO day.\n\nCandidates should be able to commute to the Gaithersburg office reliably.\n\n How to Stand Out\n\n Strong candidates typically:\n\n Have carried their own book of business or been on the path to one.\n Can articulate why a tax position was taken, and how they would defend it.\n Have visibly developed the people under them.\n Have pushed a prior firm to adopt better tools or workflows.\n Want to build something.\nChawla & Chawla P.C. is an equal opportunity employer.\n\n Job Type: Full-time\n\n Benefits:\n\n 401(k)\n 401(k) matching\n Profit sharing\n AD&D insurance\n Bereavement leave\n Dental insurance\n Disability insurance\n Flexible schedule\n Health insurance\n Health savings account\n Life insurance\n Relocation assistance\n Paid time off\n Vision insurance\n\n Experience:\n\n Public accounting: 8 years (Required)\n Tax compliance: 8 years (Required)\n\n License/Certification:\n\n CPA (Preferred)\n\n Ability to Commute:\n\n Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (Required)\n\n Work Location: In person\n\n \n\n \n\nTax Manager\n\nPay: $125,000 – $180,000 base + bonus\n\nJob description:\n\nTax Manager (Public Accounting) In Office\n\nChawla & Chawla PC\n\n Gaithersburg, MD | Full-Time | In-Person\n\n $125,000 – $180,000 base + performance bonus up to 20%\n\n About Us\n\nChawla & Chawla PC is a Top 400 CPA firm and a 35+ year, family run public accounting firm based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, with a growing international support presence in India. With 80+ professionals, we serve clients across government contracting, medical services, real estate, non-profits, and professional services.\n\nWe’re in a phase of intentional growth and modernization, investing in better systems, automation, and AI-assi